Evaluation of Cases Who Underwent Reconstruction Through Pectoralis Major Myocutaneous Flap after Laryngopharyngectomy.

Objective: In this retrospective study, we discussed the results of patients who underwent hypopharynx reconstruction through a pectoralis major myocutaneous flap (PMMF) after laryngopharyngectomy.

Methods: Twenty-three patients who underwent total laryngectomy, subtotal pharyngectomy, and/or esophagus upper segment resection due to advanced-stage (T3 and T4) laryngeal, hypopharyngeal, and esophagus upper segment-located squamous cell carcinoma and subsequent reconstruction with PMMF were retrospectively evaluated. While the minor complications were determined to be wound site infection, hemorrhage, and disruption of suture at the donor site, major complications were determined to be anastomotic line disruption, fistula, and dysphagia.

A Unique Case of Intranasal Metastasis from Occult Poorly Differentiated Thyroid Carcinoma.

Background: Poorly differentiated thyroid carcinomas (PDTCs) lie, both morphologically and behaviorally, between well-differentiated and undifferentiated carcinomas. Metastasis of poorly differentiated thyroid carcinoma to the intranasal cavity has not been reported previously in the literature.

Case Report: A 48-year-old male patient presented with massive epistaxis and nasal obstruction.

Nasal packing and transseptal suturing techniques: surgical and anaesthetic perspectives.

The objective of this study is to compare the nasal packing and the transseptal suturing techniques regarding the extubation difficulty evaluation scores, follow-up times in post-anaesthesia care unit (PACU), pain scores, and postoperative complications. Two hundred patients who underwent septoplasty from January 2009 to October 2009 were randomly assigned either to have nasal packs (n: 100) or transeptal sutures (n: 100). In the transseptal suture group, extubation was easier and PACU follow-up times were shorter, when compared to the nasal packing group (p < 0.

Computed tomography virtual laryngoscopy: comparison between radiological and otolaryngological evaluations for laryngeal carcinoma.

Objectives: We evaluated the utility of computed tomography virtual laryngoscopy (CTVL) in identifying endolaryngeal lesions in laryngeal tumors.

Patients And Methods: Virtual laryngoscopic images were obtained from axial CT scans of 21 patients with known laryngeal carcinoma. Findings from rigid telescopic videolaryngoscopy (RTV) and CTVL images were evaluated and compared with reference to operative records.

[Three cases of mucosal malignant melanoma of the nose and paranasal sinuses].

We evaluated the clinical course and treatment of three patients who were found to have mucosal malignant melanoma of the nose and paranasal sinuses. The presenting complaint was recurrent epistaxis in all the patients. One patient had been followed-up for nasal polyposis for a long time.